Improvement in cigarette-machines



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L. J. BEJOTTE S. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

Patented Get. 24. 1876.

NPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

LEON J. BEJOTTES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARETTE-MACHINES- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,483, dated October 24, 1876; application filed April 27, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LEON J. BEJOTTES, of New York city, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Making Cigarettes, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to placing a sheet of cut tobacco upon an endless conductor, which feeds the tobacco to a pair of shears, which cuts from the sheet the proper quantity, which falls on an apron, there to be rolled, in the manner hereafter specified, folded into a strip of paper, left to drop between rotary cutters, where the stick is cut to suitable lengths, and discharged into a receiver.

The following is a description of what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of the specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, with some parts broken away and other parts suppressed to simplify the drawing and make it more intelligible. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the irregular lines 00 w of Fig. l and y y of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan view with some of the upper parts broken away. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the gumming device. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 illustrate the successive and relative positions of the parts used in rolling the tobacco.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

F represents the table or frame, to which all the parts are attached. 1' r are two rollers, around which passes an endless conductor, c, of canvas, leather, or any suitable material. The roller 1 is supported on two stands, 8 s, fastened to the table F. By pushing the lever 1, the ratchet t will be made to turn and carry rollers r r and conductor 0 in the same motion. If a sheet of cut tobacco, T, be spread by hand or otherwise practically even, it will be carried forward toward the shear S, and after passing under the iron roller 1', which presses it thinner, and gives it a more solid body, it is presented to the shear, which, in closing,

will cut a strip off the sheet and drop it onthe apron A. The screws 8' s regulate the tension'of the conductor. The pins 1) p regulate the length of movement given to lever l, and consequently the amount of tobacco fed to the shear. with the thickness of the sheet, will regulate the quantity of tobacco dropped on apron A,

and consequently the thickness of the cigarette-stick.

The wooden bridge b, that passes across under the conductor and the guides, and the metallic strip that lies between roller 4 and the lower half of shear S, are intended to facilitate the placing and travel of the tobacco.

In the gumming implement connected with the machine is a pack of paper of suitable dimensions, intended to be the wrappers of the cigarettes.

When a wrapper, w, is to be used in the machine, the operator lowers the sliding bar E, which is lined on its lower face with three pieces of some sort of sticking-plaster, h, that will adhere to the uppermost wrapper, and

carry it along till it reaches its upper position;

then the seat H is interposed between that wrapper and the pack below. The gummingplateJ is then brought down to the gummingroller K, in the position shown in Fig. 5.

From that position it is brought to the vertical position again, carrying with it all along its lower edge that was in contact with the gumming-roller K a quantity of liquid gum or paste, intended to be deposited on the edge of the wrapper w. By bringing it down in its vertical position and carrying the bar E along in its way down, the two will come down to the seat H, where plate J Will" slightly press on the edge of the paper and deposit the paste. Then every part is allowed to go back where the springs or their gravity i calls them, the wrapper remaining stuck to the bar E, from where the operator detaches j it and places it on the apron A, with the pasted edge turned toward the front of the This said amount, combined of plate J when it comes in contactwith rollerv K. ILThe operator may have his gnmmcrany- Where by him, within easy" reach, on the table" or directly on top of the machine; or, if he finds it convenient, he may place it across and above the machine, and connect, by a string, the gumming-roller toroller, R, by whichjthe gumming-roller will receive its intermittent rotary motion.

The rolling apparatusconsists of apron A,

platform P, carriage O, check-plate D, and treadle B, strings to a connecting from the carriage O to the treadle, and s'tringsr'alwattached to springs dd.

The tobacco platform and carriage being in the position as shown in Fig. 6, the operator presses with his foot on-treadle B, and causes the carriage G to slide toward him, the apronto double itself up, inclosing the .tobacco in its fold, relieving the check-plate -D; from its elevated position, where it was kept byispurs e 6, allowing it to come down by its own weight along its slid'es ff, resting squarely on.

the apron, and. causing .it toyieldunder its Weight, isolating the tobacco behind it inthc fold of the apron, as shown in Fig.7. Theefi'ect of the pulling onthecarriage, and consequently on the apron,is to make the tobacco revolve and the platform to recede toward the back of the machine, as shown by the arrows.

In continuing the forward motion of the carriage, and the consequent rolling'of the tobacco, thewrapperw will reach betweenthe two-folds of the apronandunder the tobacco, participating in its rotary motion, and envel-y oping the whole body of tobacco until the pasted edge reaches over. theother edge and closes the wrapper A moment later the apron will become stretched flat, as shown-in Fig. 8, andas a consequence the cigarette-stick will escape fromthe forward edge of the platform and fall through an opening of thetable into thecuttingdevice. It will besufticientlyguided remake it fall with certainty between the. blades of two sets of rotary cutters, 0 0 .0, each cutter of one set having its match on the other set, and the pair forming a shear, upon which the cigarette-stick rests by its own weight.

The-diameters of the cutters are calculated to be largeenough'in order to bite on the cigarette when caused to turn. As soon as thejplatform 1? has let the cigarettedown' it is freet'o yield to the'weights or springs. 01

d that solicit itforward throughstrings a a,;

and it goes rapidly {in that direction up to the center of the machine, to the stop M, ready to repeat the same action. While the operator is.pre's sing on the treadle' he willoccasion,

through rod to, the-leverN on the cutting-ma chine. to operate on the ratchet-wheel W,-and consequently on the-cutters go 0 0, and'the cigarette-stick will be cut into several stumpsor short pieces to thedesired :length given by the spacing of the shears, which areadjust able along their shafts. As they are cutthey are received on slides or-inclines U into boxes or recipients, and :the wasteends ,receiveda separately, to be used over: again, if deiemed" expedient. In case 'it should happen that some of the cigarettes should stick between two cutters, and be carried around without dropping, the cutting device is provided with clearers Q, standing in the way and forcing the cigarettes out from between the cutters.

. By this description itisseen that two operators will be needed One toattend the feed of tobacco and the other the rolling; but it is obvious, andI desire it to be considered as a 'part of my invention, that the variousparts comprising the actual' ensemble of the machine can easily be connected together by mechanical devices, and made to operate automatically and at the proper time, such "asdin the case of a job-printing press, theaction of the foot onthe-treadle being simply the origi-' 1 nal and'continuous motive power,:w-hich would from there be distributed throughthevarious parts of the machine by means of; shafts, cranks, and cams, and so timed as to'cause every part to'perform its operations properly. 7.:

It may be well-toconnect withithe feeding:

apparatus an adjustable and self-feeding tobaccjo-cutter', that would discharge its product directly onthe conductor 0-, anditheir relative speed would by their combination determinethe volume-oftobaccodeposited on apron- It will be well to niake the rotary cutters 0 0 0 to. act with" more rapidity, so as to make a neater cut on the cigarette. 'This can. easily J be accomplished by an addition of geared."

wheels, 2 to 1, 01"?) to 1, between the ratchet W and one of the arbors of the cutters. .It may be found adv-isable,especiallyin an automatic machine, to replace-the ordinary.

handshear S by a .pair of ;pa'ral'lel bl'ades,, as:=

inathe case of. the mechanical paper-cutters The more orless tension given to springs dd willevidently regulate the densityfor'hard ness of the. .cigarette, as it will occasio'n'a tors the work of many hands, and ifi put u automatically and operated by power, as afore said, itwill dostill muchimorefli A Having thus described. my invention,

claim as new and'desire to securerby Le'tters i i 1. The combination of carriage 0, platform-' P, apron A, springs .01 d, cords a a/a, check-" plate 1), and cutters o,as and for thepurposefititfo'rthr p i 1.

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of April, 1876, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEON J. BEJOTTES.

2. The gumming device, consisting of the sliding bar E, having faces h, vibrating seat H, gumming-plate J, roller K, and box L, combined and arranged as described.

3. The combination of sliding platform 1?, lever N, ratchet W, cord 0., spring 61], treadle B, cutters o, and rod u, as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses JOHN J. MGKNIGHT, E. FORDEUX. 

